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[Aundie]

as i was coming home tonight dash lights dimmed then failed warning lights all came on then car overheated any ideas? battery is now flat.

[Broomies Mate]

Auxillary Belt snapped is my guess.

[vauxfan2k]

id say its the fan belt snapped, or pulley given up, seeing as it drives the waterpump and alternator

[Aundie]

thanks people guessed somthing like that just too cold to be looking tonight!

[Kneepad]

Agreed on this, no drive to alternator, or waterpump points to auxillary belt fubard.   

[Brikhead]

You must have carried on driving for some time to have flattened the battery.
Hopefully the cold weather will have prevented too much damage(!).

[Broomies Mate]

You must have carried on driving for some time to have flattened the battery.
Hopefully the cold weather will have prevented too much damage(!).

No mention of flat battery until after the event;

Overheating:  The temperature will rise instantly, as there is no coolant pumping around the engine.

Also, driving for a fair distance is not easy when you have no power steering, and on an Omega, power steering is mandatory lol 

[Andy B]

as i was coming home tonight dash lights dimmed then failed warning lights all came on then car overheated any ideas? battery is now flat.

If the auxiliary/fan belt snapped, then the first thing you should have noticed is the red charge light coming on, then as you turned off to check, you'd have noticed that you'd lost all assistance of your steering. It would've taken a mile or two on driving for the engine to overheat. As for the battery now being flat, I've no idea. I agree with Brickhead but was trying to be diplomatic 

I can say all this cos all the above happened in that order to me a few weeks ago when my fan belt snapped.  My battery had enough charge to restart my car 3 times as I started it to coast down a long hill on my way home and then start it to drive it up the ramp of the recovery truck. 

[Aundie]

had no warning apart from dull dash untill temp light came on i stopped and it failed to restart.

[Aundie]

got a good look today and yes the belt is gone anyone recomend a good place to order a new one?

[Kneepad]

Send a PM to AndyC, he is a Vauxhall parts manager and will supply the belt at Trade Card prices for OOF members.

[Kneepad]

PM or email AndyC details:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=viewprofile;username=636C667B61020

[Aundie]

thanks very much thats appricated

[Welung666]

You need to investigate why the belt went as well because it will just throw the new belt if the cause isn't rectified! Is the tensioner siezed? Water pump?

[Aundie]

any help with water pump location please!
does this belt affect timing at all?